This week we celebrate the ten year anniversary of the City of Houston’s LEED resolution and look at the impact it has had. On June 23, 2004, the City of Houston passed resolution 2004-15 “Authorizing the City to establish the USGBC’s LEED Certification as a … [Read more...]
Houston Top City in Renewable Energy, Earns 2nd EPA Green Power Partnership Award
The City of Houston continues it run in the top 10 organizations for purchasing electricity generated by renewable power in the latest list released by the EPA’s Green Power Partnership. Houston made the list at #9, the only city in the Top 10 and beating out … [Read more...]
Greening The City: Houston 2012 Report on Sustainable Buildings
In response to repeated requests for USGBC to establish a benchmark of Houston’ s progress in the adoption of green buildings practices, primarily via the prevalence of LEED projects, Angela Bejarano and I co-authored Greening Our City: Houston 2012 report on … [Read more...]
Federal and Local Incentives to Build Green
Some framework is in place for green building tax deductions at both the national and the lower levels. At both the federal level and local level, tax benefits exist to help promote green buildings in Houston. These benefits not only affect owners, but some … [Read more...]
Transformation in Transportation – Houston Sets the Stage to Welcome More Electric Vehicles (EVs)
As a city shaped and designed by the personal vehicle, now it is Houston’s turn to welcome, promote, and shape its urban infrastructure to a new kind of vehicle – the electric vehicle (EV). As plans are underway to expand public transportation networks and … [Read more...]